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RIP, LEA: The local education authority vanishes
Education & Development

RIP, LEA: The local education authority vanishes

...children will lose out from the demise of local authority control of education. [Anfield Boards School sign, Liverpool] Signs of the tradition of local authority support for education 1. A local champion for vulnerable children Local authorities must currently engage with parents and schools to ensure that the right provision for every child is available locally. Ensuring...
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Exploring the relationship between anxiety and depression
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring the relationship between anxiety and depression

...centre research study in patients seen within an NHS Improving Access to Psychological Interventions (IAPT) service with suspected generalised anxiety disorder (GAD)'. The study involves '120 patients from the Leicestershire and Rutland area' who will use the device 'for 60 minutes every day for 6 or 12 weeks, either whilst on the waiting list for standard care treatment...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Fake news, filter bubbles and Facebook
Science, Maths & Technology

Fake news, filter bubbles and Facebook

...research shows that the actions of users themselves are still a very important element in the way that Facebook gets used. [people looking at their phones] Research conducted at the Open University has been looking specifically at how people’s actions create the context of the space in which they communicate. Of equal importance to the influence of the algorithm is what...
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An introduction to social work
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to social work

...children. The Coram Children’s Legal Centre in 2012, exploring the experiences of child asylum seekers, noted: At present, the lower-quality care received by those children is in part due to ‘the government’s limited funding for refugee children and negative attitudes to these children within some departments’ and also the widespread misconception ......
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Legacy of the Romantics
History & The Arts

Legacy of the Romantics

...children, and to encourage society to be more child-centred. Romanticism influenced political ideology, inviting engagement with the cause of the poor and oppressed and with ideals of social emancipation and progress. The individual was prized, but it was also felt that people were under an obligation to their fellow-men: personal commitment to the group was therefore...
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Exploring sport coaching and psychology Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring sport coaching and psychology

...children training intensely gives us an opportunity to reflect on the purpose and outcomes of children’s sport. Research suggests that a balanced life in sport, education and with peers/family is ideal. You can perhaps understand why there are minimum age limits for senior international competitions in figure skating (15 years) and gymnastics (16 years)...Session 2:...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Methods in Motion: Occupying spaces in Hong Kong and London
History & The Arts

Methods in Motion: Occupying spaces in Hong Kong and London

...research on Occupy camps in Hong Kong and London as part of an international and inter-disciplinary research project funded by the Norwegian Research Council called ‘Re-Assembling Democracy: Ritual as Cultural Resource’. My research for the project has included a field trip to Hong Kong to document the Occupy camp that was established under the HSBC (Hong Kong and...
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How can statistics bring dead languages back to life?
Science, Maths & Technology

How can statistics bring dead languages back to life?

...researchers at the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford have developed a sound-based method to move back through the family tree of languages that stem from PIE. They can simulate how certain words would have sounded when they were spoken 8,000 years ago. Remarkably, at the heart of the technology is the statistics of shape. “Sounds have shape,” explains Professor...
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